Posts About "Paul Byron"

February 19th, 2019In today's News & Notes, Dustin Byfuglien is injured and will miss the Winnipeg Jets' upcoming road trip, the Montreal Canadiens have assigned Dale Weise to the Laval Rocket and activated Paul Byron from the injured reserve and both Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford will remain in Chicago and not travel with the team to...

January 16th, 2019The NHL's Department of Player Safety has suspended Montreal Canadiens' forward Paul Byron for three games. The 29-year-old forward has never been suspended or fined in his career but did launch upwards into Florida Panthers' defender MacKenzie Weegar and caused an injury, resulting in supplemental...

October 18th, 2018Pilloried for some of his choices, one of Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin’s more prescient moves was claiming Paul Byron after he was waived by the Calgary Flames in 2015.
Byron has since become the Habs’ Swiss Army knife. “His speed is unbelievable,” said head coach Claude Julien. “He gets away from...

September 26th, 2018You could definitely argue Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron is general manager Marc Bergevin’s biggest success story. You’d be wrong, though.
There’s no denying the waiver-wire acquisition of Byron to start the 2015-16 continues to pay dividends for the Habs. During a modestly successful 11-goal season that year, he...

April 22nd, 2018When NHL general managers are plucking players off waivers, the chance of them picking up a star player is slim. The expectation is that they hopefully find a player who can make a decent contribution. In the case of the Montreal Canadiens, they hit a grand slam in claiming Paul Byron off waivers in 2015.
It seems crazy in hindsight...

March 27th, 2018As a whole, the 2017-18 Montreal Canadiens may have actually done worse than simply disappoint their fans. They confirmed their worst fears heading into the season with a demolished defense and cap space to burn. Still, there were a few bright spots on a roster largely devoid of them this season.
Here are the (just) five Habs who...

February 7th, 2018In February's edition of Habs Fantasy Hockey Roundup, we will be looking back at the month of January to see which Montreal Canadiens' players were the most effective in the fantasy hockey world, and whether you should be starting them, or adding them to your roster.
Max Pacioretty
January: 11 GP, 8 G, 3 A, 38 SOG, 4 special team...

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